Some past or perfect tenses of Dutch verbs are not so easy to recognize. That is true for strong verbs but some weak ones are tricky too. For the below sentences identify the verbs, give their infinitive and their meaning.

8.- Hij dorst het zijn baas niet te vertellen.He does not dare to tell to his boss.
Dorst – OTT van werkwoord: dorsen – dorste(n) – gedorst = to dareNo, dorsen means to thresh as you do wheat stalks to get out the grain. Dorst here is an irregular form associated with the verb durven. It actually comes from a verb that is now extinct, but dorst is still used. At least by some, it is going obsolete/dialectal